Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa13397c1d8e9ff0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.1 KB
MD5: c9208cf441dd314b2b63bd053bec0c3b SHA-1: 103bff378ca3fa26004df69f506ede61e8cf837f SHA-256: fa13397c1d8e9ff0338c46dee810d0e3b018ad875b34ec27b1d4b160a4721428
178 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, identified as a stager for CVE-2007-5659. This exploit targets the Collab.collectEmailInfo function within Adobe Reader. The embedded JavaScript is heavily obfuscated but is designed to execute a malicious payload. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Heuristics 6

  • Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 critical CVE exact CVE_2007_5659
    PDF JavaScript calls Collab.collectEmailInfo — CVE-2007-5659 is a buffer overflow in Adobe Reader triggered by a long argument or heap-sprayed message field passed to Collab.collectEmailInfo(). Part of a series of Acrobat JS API exploits. (identified after JavaScript deobfuscation)
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36180 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Agent-36180
  • Annotation subject callee-key hex JavaScript stager high PDF_ANNOT_SUBJECT_CALLEE_HEX_STAGER
    PDF JavaScript uses syncAnnotScan()/getAnnots() to read an indirect annotation /Subject stream, percent-decodes it through marker replacement, then uses a callee.toString()-derived key to decode and eval the final exploit stage.
  • JavaScript action low PDF_JAVASCRIPT
    PDF contains a /JavaScript action. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
javascript_obj0007_000.js
17e11d5c0e7abf0d400044cf4333a75f193b35e2745d65fea155eb4de3ce3aa6
pdf-javascript-stream PDF /JS object 7 at offset 0x1A6 628 bytes
annotation_subject_callee_hex_stage_000.js
9d7e357a72b028fc14997f6a42190a444ced706987db537c086f2c7d43f86da7
deobfuscated-js annotation-subject callee-key decoded JavaScript at offset 0x14F 5280 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 5 eval/decoder/string-building token(s).